The E-Sylum: Volume 9, Number 42, October 15, 2006, Article 18
CANADA'S NAME OUR $2 COIN POLAR BEAR CONTEST
Stephen P. Woodland writes: "The five names available for people
to vote on in the "Name Our Polar Bear" contest were: Churchill,
Makwa, Plouf, Sacha, and Wilbert."
[So - the contest was for naming the bear depicted ON the coin,
not for naming the coin itself. -Editor]
John Regitko adds: "Since the voting is now over, the specific
webpage might no longer be up and running. When the two-dollar
coin was first introduced in Canada, a number of nicknames were
suggested before "Toonie" was popularized. Some examples include
Bearly, Deuce, Doubloonie and Polar.
There is no longer a $5 coin in the works. It was voted down in
a survey commissioned by, I believe, the Royal Canadian Mint and
the Bank of Canada."